Rich Versus Roach

Rich versus Roach is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time.^[3] The album is mixed with each of the two bands in a different stereo channel.

Rich versus Roach
Studio album by Buddy Rich and Max Roach
Released	1959
Recorded	April 7–8, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:58
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jack Tracy
Buddy Rich chronology
Richcraft (1959) Rich versus Roach (1959) The Voice is Rich (1959)
Max Roach chronology
The Many Sides of Max (1959) Rich versus Roach (1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[2]

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (Louis Prima) – 4:06
2. "The Casbah" (Gigi Gryce) – 4:25
3. "Sleep" (Earl Burtnett, Adam Geibel) – 3:15
4. "Figure Eights" (Buddy Rich, Max Roach) – 4:26

LP side B

1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:15^[4]
2. "Big Foot" (Charlie Parker) – 4:59
3. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 3:42
4. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. K. King) – 3:50

1986 CD re-issue with alternate versions:

1. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (alt. take) – 4:22
2. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" – 4:08
3. "The Casbah" – 4:28
4. "The Casbah" (alt. take) – 4:58
5. "Sleep" – 3:18
6. "Figure Eights" – 4:30
7. "Yesterdays" – 5:41
8. "Big Foot" – 5:00
9. "Big Foot" (alt. take) – 5:14
10. "Limehouse Blues" – 3:56
11. "Limehouse Blues" (alt. take) – 3:43
12. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" – 3:57

Personnel

Rich's band

• Buddy Rich – drums, percussion
• Phil Woods – alto saxophone
• Willie Dennis – trombone
• Phil Leshin – double bass
• John Bunch – piano

Roach's band

• Max Roach – drums
• Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
• Bobby Boswell – double bass

Production

• Jack Tracy – producer, liner notes
• Gigi Gryce – arranger
• Bill Stoddard – engineer
• Kiyoshi "Boxman" Koyama – compilation, research

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. Rich versus Roach at AllMusic
4. At least one source lists a very different length for "Yesterdays" on the LP. 5:43 vs. 4:15, 4:15

• Mercury MG-20448 (original LP)
• Mercury 826987-2 (CD)